Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Trilliums near us, also come in claret red but hard to find. BETTY CANADA
Mapp the computer cat, named after Mapp and Lucia BETTY CANADA
Poppy in my garden BETTY CANADA
Peony in my garden June 09 BETTY CANADA
Japanese peony in my garden May 09 BETTY CANADA
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
ALL TAKEN IN MY GARDEN. LYNNE.
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
We get some fabulous sunsets here.This was taken last week from our garden.Lindsay.
Winter Aconites in my garden.Lindsay.
Snowdrops in my garden.Lindsay.
This Moorhen looks quite at home!I hope it brings a friend.Lindsay.
This is the Moorhen that has found my new pond.Quite a surprise for this garden.It is approximately 3 feet from my conservatory windows.Lindsay.
For about six weeks Gypsy has been unwell. Most of the time she was alright, but some mornings we would go to feed the Horses and she would be laid out flat on the floor. Some times she would get up when she saw that her feed was on its way. On other occasions we would need to get her up. Once she was up she was fine, eating, drinking and moving as we would expect. The problem we had was that it was intermittent. The Veterinary looked at her when it first started and blood test showed nothing was wrong, so there really wasn’t any thing we could treat her for.
For the past two week Gypsy was getting worse. She was laying stretched out flat more often. At other times she was fine. She was also drinking and urinating more than normal. I started to have suspicion that it was a liver problem. If it were an infection it would be constant. It wasn’t, that indicated that there was probably liver damage.
With animals you really do agonise about what to do when they are ill. They are unable to tell you of pain. You need to watch if their routine alters, and see if their actions show if they are experiencing any pain. You must never consider their welfare against their value. At times you need to take action that you know is right. It is easy to allow a Veterinary to treat sick animals, but again are you allowing it for the animal benefit or your own. For it is easy to believe that prolonging an animals life is benefiting the animal, when it is making you feel good. I should think some of you have had that experience.
This morning when wee went to feed Gypsy was down again. We needed to make her get up. That was not easy for her and took three attempts. When she was up she was not interested in her food, just picking at it and taking small sips of water. I had to make a decision on if I get the Veterinary in or have her put to sleep. It wasn’t a hard decision. I knew that her illness was causing he pain and I was convinced that she had liver damage. I also knew that no Veterinary attention was going to make her well. All it would do was to cause Gypsy to suffer for longer. Gypsy was put to sleep this morning.
I asked for a report on Gypsy’s liver. That was normal, but one of her kidney was severely damaged. The cause being by a kick from Willow. In the Winter we keep youngsters stabled together in large gated areas in our main barn. Willow gets very excited at feed times, kicking her legs out and bucking. There is no malice in it, just sheer excitement. She must have accidentally kicked Gypsy.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page
This for young Jordan who is so interested in Fungi. Elsie
A few pics taken of the walled garden and long shrubbery at Copped hall – totally overgrown a few years ago! Jill.
Walled Garden
Long shrubbery (2 pics)
set of steps uncovered by archaeologists of an earlier mansion. Jill.
We now have two Reindeer missing. Yesterday morning we found the timid Female. After well over two hours we managed to get her back into the Reindeer Field. When I went back to check on them twenty minutes later two were missing. They had got out of a bad bit of fencing that is out of view behind one of the two shelters in the Field. The area had netting around it that the Reindeer had pulled away. By all accounts two the Reindeer have been in and out of someones garden at the end of our driveway, they did not have the common sense to let us know. Her excuse for not telling us was over past history. Believe me there has been past history when the person as well as other incident has also interfered with our animals. She didn’t mind the Reindeer in her garden as they did not do any damage like other Farm animals.
We have seen the timid female a few times over yesterday and today. The other one there has been no sightings at all. I would have expected for the two Reindeer to have been together, and that is what is worrying. We will have to see what happens tomorrow and if there will be any sighting of the other Reindeer.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. Getting short of photographs again.
Newquay harbour from up at the top of the road. Sue.
ROCKS ON THE SURPRISE NEAR SHEFFIELD. Lynne.
Moreton Island Australia, this looks absolutely beautiful. Elsie.
A Buzzard at the Red Kite feeding station. Rhyader ,Wales. Judy.
A few more pictures for the Forum; taken in my garden in Wales today. PM.
I received the email below from Peter in Delaware. We just need to get the camera working properly. Peter has a person going to look at it for him today.
,both male and female are back, they have been mating all morning and are building the nest back to nesting status. The nest they are going to use is our nest with the web cam.
I caught a glimpse of the young Vixen that looked a little poor last night. I will try to get a good look at her tonight. She has probably got a litter of Cubs nearby and it has been the first time she has left them since being born. Having and looking after Cubs will take a lot out of a Vixen. The Vixen relies on the Dog Fox for her food for the first weeks after she has given birth to the Cubs. She unable to leave the Cubs for the first couple of weeks, if she does they will be liable to die from the cold. The Dog Fox shouldn’t have a lot of trouble hunting food at Denbury. There are Rabbits everywhere and you no doubt have seen the amount of Pheasant that we have here.
We have seen a Vixen in our garden over the past few days. I cant remember it looking poor, but I will make sure that I look properly next time I see her. Mind you thinking about it she was in the garden when Tass and Kye were outside, quite close to where the Vixen was in the garden, so she must have been hungry.
I bet not many of you saw the Stag this afternoon. I first noticed a young one and was following him. When I moved the camera slightly I just saw the antlers of the larger one. It was only after it disappeared into the woods that I realised that I had not counted how many tips were on his antlers. If there had of been twelve it would have been a Royal Stag. What ever it was a magnificent animal. They may return, so I check the camera in the valley now and then through the night.
Tonight Diary is Lynne’s story of Squiggle the Squirrel that she raised. The first four photographs on the Photo page are of Squiggle.
Squiggle as I called him was not the first squirrel I had raised. The first lot of 5 came out of my neighbour